Contracting with private providers for primary care services: Evidence from urban China

Health Economics Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Wang, Yan ^a   Eggleston, Karen ^b   Yu, Zhenjie ^c   Zhang, Qiong ^d  

^a Shandong Provincial Health Department   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIFANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Contracting; Ownership; Prevention; Primary care; Private providers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84971247530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-3-1     Document Type: Article

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